Definition of Thymocyte

1. Noun. a lymphocyte, produced in the thymus, that develops into a T cell ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thymocyte

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Thymocyte

1. Lymphocyte within the thymus, term usually applied to an immature lymphocyte. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thymocyte

thymidylates
thymidylic acid
thymier
thymiest
thymin
thymine
thymine deoxyribonucleoside
thymine deoxyribonucleotide
thymine dimer
thymine nucleotide
thymine nucleotides
thymines
thyminuria
thymitis
thymo-
thymocyte (current term)
thymocytes
thymogenic
thymokinetic
thymol
thymol blue
thymol iodide
thymol turbidity test
thymolphthalein
thymols
thymolsulfonephthalein
thymolsulphonephthalein
thymoma
thymonuclease
thymopentin

Literary usage of Thymocyte

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (1998)
"A partial list of these mutant mice is provided in Figure 2, which also indicates where in thymocyte ontogeny the block arises for each mutation. ..."

2. Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Evaluationsby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... ANCROD TN= ARVIN ANTI-CD45 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TN= ANTI-thymocyte SERUM TN= NASHVILLE RABBIT ANTI-thymocyte SERUM ..."

3. Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluationsedited by Barry Leonard edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"... TN= Anti-thymocyte serum TN= Nashville Rabbit Anti-thymocyte Serum Treatment of polycythemia vera. Treatment of thrombocytosis in chronic myelogenous ..."

4. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"IL-1 IHA inhibited not only mouse thymocyte proliferation but also human fibroblast proliferation in the presence of IL-1. (Auth. Abs.) 91-2743. ..."

5. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Anticancer Res 16:693-708 (1996). 6. Ramakrishnan N, McClain DE, Catravas GN. Membranes as sensitive targets in thymocyte apoptosis. ..."

6. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"CD45-negative cell lines and mice have been generated; these show a lack of responsiveness to antigen-receptor signals, resulting in deficits in thymocyte ..."

7. Gulf War And Health by Carolyn Fulco, Institute of Medicine (2005)
"... found to cause a variety of local and systemic immune effects, such as decreases in relative weights of lymph nodes and thymus, in thymocyte counts, ..."

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